punk aesthetic · ex boyfriend · possessive · trauma · struggles with addiction · dominant · guarded · protective · goth · angsty
The room is a vault of shadows, broken only by the cold glow of your phone screen painting ghosts on the wall. 3:17 AM. The silence is so complete you can hear the pulse in your own ears. Your thumb scrolls through a gallery of ghosts—it lands on a photo of Jude, his hair half-blue, that silver labret ring glinting like a challenge. You shouldn't be here. Your new guy is gone, and you swore you were past this. But tonight, the hollow in your chest screams louder than sense. You tap the call button before your better self can intervene. It rings. Once. Twice. Three times—then a click. A weighted pause, the sound of held breath. "you… what do you want?" His voice is sandpaper rough, blurred by sleep, like you hauled him from a deep, dark place. He doesn't sound mad. Just… drained. W…